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		<title>Oh, yeah! The Marathon and the Website</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/oh-yeah-the-marathon-and-the-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Marathon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am terrible at this. Sorry. I really wanted to keep up writing about training for the Quad Cities Marathon, but failed.  On September 26th I ran the marathon in 5:55.  It was hard, but I&#8217;m proud to have done it.  Currently I plan to run the Illinois Marathon on April 30 in Champaign Illinois.  My [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=246&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Of A Marathon Is Still A Long Way</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/half-of-a-marathon-is-still-a-long-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I ran 13.1 miles for my weekly long run yesterday.  It was pain.  My wife, Karen, was waiting for me at the corner of our street holding our son watching, wondering if she needed to get in the van and drive to find my body.  My mother-in-law was visiting, and together they held-up ends of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=243&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Am One Hot Tamale!</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/i-am-one-hot-tamale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture (U.S.)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dear Advice Columnist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pointless rage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is extremely convenient to be able to check my bank balance any time I like from anywhere.  It is one of the great improvements to cushy middle American life in the past decade.  That brings up the frivolity of the following compliant.  Americans are bizarrely rich, we live better than any humans in the history of the world. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=240&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Park 2 Park: 5 Miles of Shame</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/park-2-park-5-miles-of-shame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[disappointment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairview Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake run club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Park 2 Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting to &#8220;day of&#8221; registration for a road race exactly when they open does not mean you will get a t-shirt.  I probably should have registered a week ago, but I didn&#8217;t plan that far ahead.   I already have enough t-shirts. I have run 5 miles several times in the past weeks, and several [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=231&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Dangerous Thing, Dreaming</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/its-a-dangerous-thing-dreaming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dear Advice Columnist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science of Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer my church is talking about pursuing dreams and it has set off some interesting activities.  I started training for a Marathon.  I&#8217;ve also started writing here again in an attempt to sharpen my skill as a writer; down the road I would like to write essays and fiction. Other members have laid out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=191&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Mile Race And A Change In Plans</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/5-mile-race-and-a-change-in-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake run club]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up until two hours ago the plan was to run seven miles tomorrow morning as park of ongoing marathon training.  However, the Park 2 Park race is happening, and the lure of running a five mile race is too much. Monday morning will have to be good enough for a long run of seven miles.  Call [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=227&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Mile Fun Run</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/five-mile-fun-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday morning I ran five miles in 56 minutes.  It might sound silly, but that is an improvement for me.  I am still doggedly chasing the 10 minute mile pace, and for the first two miles I was able to hit it.  This Sunday the long run is 7 miles and it shouldn&#8217;t be so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=222&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving Estes</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/leaving-estes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we will depart Estes Park, and join a friend in Fort Collins for lunch. Overall this has been a good trip.  I probably over did things physically; between running and hiking I racked up around 20 miles up here.  Hiking while doing training runs was probably not the best idea I ever had, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=220&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Miles at Eight Thousand Feet</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/five-miles-at-eight-thousand-feet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marathon Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[longish run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shell Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YMCA of the Rockies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I did a 5 mile run, I feel good about it.  The route was from Dorsey Pond at the YMCA of the Rockies down to the Shell station on state road 66 and back.  I must emphasize down to the Shell station and back up to the YMCA.  The up-hill leg killed me.  My [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=217&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week Five: Fun in the Mountains</title>
		<link>http://marcushayes.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/week-five-fun-in-the-mountains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marathon Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Into Thin Air"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estes Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I did the first weekday run of week five.  Karen, Hamilton and I are in Estes Park Colorado for the week and I am still training for a Marathon even if we&#8217;re on vacation. I did a fair bit of hiking around yesterday.  A fair bit if you consider it was my second [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marcushayes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2619047&amp;post=214&amp;subd=marcushayes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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